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Red Grooms — Hot Dog Vendor
Red Grooms

Hot Dog Vendor

A quintessential New York City street scene bursts to life in Red Grooms' characteristically exuberant and cartoonish style, depicting a bustling hot dog vendor surrounded by the frenetic energy of urban life. Grooms masterfully employs a complex combination of lithography, linocut, aluminum foil Chine collé, and sculptural cut-outs to create a vivid, three-dimensional tableau that leaps off the page and into the viewer's space. The work exemplifies Grooms' signature "sculpto-pictoramas" approach, transforming a humble everyday moment into a vibrant, humorous, and deeply affectionate celebration of American street culture.

Medium
Three-dimensional lithograph and linocut in colors with aluminum foil Chine collé and cut-outs, on Rives BFK paper, glued and mounted in a Plexiglas case (as issued).
Signed
Yes

Notes

Literature: Walter Knestrick 142

🔨 Auction Lot

Editions & Works on Paper

February 7, 2026

Estimate: $2,000$4,000

Sold: $7,095

Lot 50

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Red Grooms, Hot Dog Vendor

A quintessential New York City street scene bursts to life in Red Grooms' characteristically exuberant and cartoonish style, depicting a bustling hot dog vendor surrounded by the frenetic energy of urban life. Grooms masterfully employs a complex combination of lithography, linocut, aluminum foil Chine collé, and sculptural cut-outs to create a vivid, three-dimensional tableau that leaps off the page and into the viewer's space. The work exemplifies Grooms' signature "sculpto-pictoramas" approach, transforming a humble everyday moment into a vibrant, humorous, and deeply affectionate celebration of American street culture.

Medium
Three-dimensional lithograph and linocut in colors with aluminum foil Chine collé and cut-outs, on Rives BFK paper, glued and mounted in a Plexiglas case (as issued).
Signed
Hand-signed by the artist
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

20th Century, Male Artist, Mixed Media, Humorous Mood, Printmaking, Street Scene, Contemporary Artist, American Artist, Pop Art, Figurative Art, Three-Dimensional, Vibrant Colors

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